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October 20, 2025
Twenty schools won Florida Power and Light’s $50,000 STEM Classroom Makeover Grant for the 2024-2025 school year, and Avalon Middle School was one of them. As a result, Theresa Yankovoy, who teaches STEM and sixth-grade social studies at Avalon, got a classroom makeover and new gadgets.
October 20, 2025
Dayna Hood says she gets the question, “Why teaching?” a lot.
October 13, 2025
Jennifer Schmitt is the new principal of Navarre High School. The current Navarre High assistant principal will take over as head of the school Jan. 5, 2026, when Kasie Windfelder leaves for the same position at Soundside High School.
October 10, 2025
Milton High School played host to the Blackwater Classic Marching Band Festival Saturday, Oct. 4. 2025 marked the eighth year of the festival, which featured bands from as far away as Jackson County.
October 3, 2025
Santa Rosa Education Foundation is pleased to announce the thirty-seven nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year.  Nominees were selected by their peers at schools throughout the district. 
September 23, 2025
The University of West Florida earned its highest position to date the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best College rankings. It placed No. 6 among other Top Public Schools in the Regional South. With this, UWF spends a fourth consecutive year among the top 10 public institutions in the region.
September 22, 2025
This past school year, S.S. Dixon Primary School raised $26,075 for the American Heart Association as part of the annual Kids Heart Challenge.
September 22, 2025
The legal case against Kelly Short, the former educator and administrator who resigned from Santa Rosa County District Schools following an investigation into alleged mishandling and stealing of district funds, remains ongoing.
September 11, 2025
Keith Elliott, the suspended I.T. professional for Santa Rosa County District Schools, has not been terminated. At least, not yet. At their Sept. 9 meeting, the Sant Rosa County School Board voted to uphold the decision to suspend Elliott without pay but didn’t decide on termination of his employment, as Elliott had invoked his right to a hearing.
September 8, 2025
Since the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the safety of schools has been a top priority for school districts, parents and the State Leg-islature. The recent school shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has renewed calls for more to be done to keep children safe from gun violence at their schools. While a variety of laws are al-ready in the books in Florida, some districts across the state are looking for new ways to thwart potential tragedies.
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